UN General Assembly Resolutions:
Resolution 47/63

(December 11, 1992)

Having considered the item entitled "The situation in the
Middle East",

Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General of 25 November
1992,1/

Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December
1981,

Recalling its relevant resolutions, the last of which is 45/83 B of
13 December 1990,

Recalling also its resolution 3314 (XXIX) of 14 December 1974, in
the annex to which it defined an act of aggression, inter alia, as
"the invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the
territory of another State, or any military occupation, however temporary,
resulting from such invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of
force of the territory of another State or part thereof" and provided
that "no consideration of whatever nature, whether political,
economic, military or otherwise, may serve as a justification for
aggression",

Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the
acquisition of territory by force,

Reaffirming once more the applicability of the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August
1949,2/ to the occupied Syrian Golan and the Palestinian territory
occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab
territories,

Noting that Israel has refused, in violation of Article 25 of the
Charter of the United Nations, to accept and carry out the numerous
relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolution 497
(1981),

Deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian
Golan, which has been under occupation since 1967, contrary to the relevant
Security Council and General Assembly resolutions,

Taking note with satisfaction of the convening at Madrid of the
Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council
resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October
1973, but regretting that the desired substantial results have not been
achieved,

1. Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security
Council resolution 497 (1981) and the relevant resolutions of the General
Assembly;

2. Declares once more that Israel's decision to impose its laws,
jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan is illegal and
therefore null and void and has no validity whatsoever;

3. Declares that the Knesset decision of 11 November 1991 annexing
the occupied Syrian Golan constitutes a grave violation of Security Council
resolution 497 (1981) and therefore is null and void and has no validity
whatsoever;

4. Declares all Israeli policies and practices of, or aimed at,
annexation of the occupied Arab territories and the Palestinian territories
occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan to
be illegal and in violation of international law and of the relevant United
Nations resolutions;

5. Determines once more that all actions taken by Israel to give
effect to its decisions relating to the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal
and invalid and shall not be recognized;

6. Reaffirms its determination that all relevant provisions of the
Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 1907,3/ and the
Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949,2/ continue to apply to the Syrian territory
occupied by Israel since 1967, and calls upon the parties thereto to
respect and ensure respect for their obligations under these instruments in
all circumstances;

7. Determines once more that the continued occupation of the Syrian
Golan since 1967 and its de facto annexation by Israel on 14 December 1981,
following Israel's decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and
administration on that territory, constitute a continuing threat to peace
and security in the region;

8. Firmly emphasizes once more its demand that Israel, the occupying
Power, rescind forthwith its illegal decision of 14 December 1981 to impose
its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Syrian Golan, and its
decision of 11 November 1991, which resulted in the effective annexation of
that territory;

9. Demands once more that Israel withdraw from the occupied Syrian
Golan in implementation of the relevant Security Council and General
Assembly resolutions;

10. Calls upon the international community to urge Israel to
withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan and other occupied Arab territories
for the establishment of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the
region;

11. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-eighth session on the implementation of the present
resolution.

B

The General Assembly,

Recalling its resolutions 36/120 E of 10 December 1981, 37/123 C of
16 December 1982, 38/180 C of 19 December 1983, 39/146 C of 14 December
1984, 40/168 C of 16 December 1985, 41/162 C of 4 December 1986, 42/209 D
of 11 December 1987, 43/54 C of 6 December 1988, 44/40 C of 4 December
1989, 45/83 C of 13 December 1990 and 46/82 B of 16 December 1991, in which
it determined that all legislative and administrative measures and actions
taken by Israel, the occupying Power, which had altered or purported to
alter the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, in particular
the so-called "Basic Law" on Jerusalem and the proclamation of
Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, were null and void and must be
rescinded forthwith,

Recalling Security Council resolution 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980,
in which the Council, inter alia, decided not to recognize the "Basic
Law" and called upon those States that had established diplomatic
missions at Jerusalem to withdraw such missions from the Holy City,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General of 25 November
1992,1/

1. Determines that Israel's decision to impose its laws,
jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem is illegal
and therefore null and void and has no validity whatsoever;

2. Deplores the transfer by some States of their diplomatic missions
to Jerusalem in violation of Security Council resolution 478 (1980), and
their refusal to comply with the provisions of that resolution;

3. Calls once more upon those States to abide by the provisions of
the relevant United Nations resolutions, in conformity with the Charter of
the United Nations;

4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its forty-eighth session on the implementation of the present
resolution.